13 pictures as Rishi Sunak enters Downing Street as Prime Minister as Liz Truss departs
Rishi Sunak has entered Downing Street as the new Prime Minister.
Rishi Sunak’s first speech as Prime Minister was one of longest delivered in Downing Street by a newly appointed prime minister in recent decades.
The freshly appointed Conservative leader warned the UK is facing a “profound economic crisis” in his first speech after being asked to form a Government by the King.
Over an hour after Ms Truss defended her botched economic strategy in her farewell speech from the Downing Street, Mr Sunak stood outside No 10 criticising her brief and chaotic tenure.
He spoke for five minutes and 56 seconds – longer than the time taken by nearly all of his predecessors when they made similar remarks at the start of their premiership.
The one exception is Boris Johnson, who spoke for 11 minutes and 13 seconds in Downing Street after being appointed prime minister in 2019.
Over an hour after Ms Truss defended her botched economic strategy in her farewell speech from the Downing Street, Mr Sunak stood outside No 10 criticising her brief and chaotic tenure.
13. Outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss making a speech outside 10 Downing Street
Outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss making a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, with her husband Hugh O'Leary and children Frances and Liberty behind, before travelling to Buckingham Palace for an audience with King Charles III to formally resign as PM. Photo: James Manning